Top Fitness Tips for 2019 from Nigeria’s Top Trainers

‘New Year, New me’ is the anthem we hear on the lips of many. Statistically most people are likely to fall of the bandwagon within the first month. We don’t want that to happen to you so we asked some of the most influential trainers in the land – the people, celebrities (Davido, Chioma, Peruzzi, DJ Cuppy, FalztheBadGuy, Bovi, Ini Edo, Cee-Cee, AlexUnsual) and the elite trust with their bodies, for the one piece of advice they have for you in 2019.

From learning a sport , to creating a network and doing cardio, this expert advice will push you closer to your goals this year.

“Create a strong support team of people who energize you, inspire you, encourage you, and positively impact your lifestyle. When it comes to achieving New Year’s goals, people are generally accountable only to themselves and often that isn’t enough. Having a strong support network helps ensure that you will remain on track <span”>and maintain positive changes in your life. Ask yourself – “What people, resources, and environments can I draw on to help me realize my resolutions, overcome challenges, and sustain positive habits? You don’t have to do it alone.”

All round body gains? Turn the gym into your playground, learn to be explosive, choose a number of plyometric moves to master and work away.

This allows you to have fun and consistently feel a sense of achievement because your progress is trackable and quite hard to reverse in a way that weight related targets aren’t. For example, your pull up strength won’t suddenly vanish but you might find that your weight loss slows down or reverses a bit, if weight is your focus it might throw you off so forget weightloss – focus on skill.”

“New Year, New me” makes sense until day 364, when you realise old habits stopped you from being new!Set Realistic Fitness & Wellness Goals that will enhance your body Metabolism and keep you healthy.”

This might mean:

Aiming for a water intake of 2 litres daily.

Eating right – incorporating fresh vegetables into every meal.

Stay Physically Active – doing a brisk walk, run or HIIT training at home if you cannot make it to the gym.

“If you want your body to obey you, you must implement structure. Your body is like a child without structure, it will go haywire. Set some workable parameters for your day. By creating a structure it will be easier to devote time to invest in your body. “

Implementing structure might mean:

Planning what days of the week working out is compulsory.

Mapping out what your targeted body parts for the different days of the week might be.

Creating a sustainable meal plan and making the meals ahead of time.

This way when it’s time to workout you are not faffing around.

6. “Take every workout to the highest level you can.” – Ed (@EdtheMachine)

Results are an accumulation of the effort you put into your training. The results you gain will reflect how hard you work, so it pays to put in 110% in every workout. You’re doing it already, so why not do it to the best of your ability.

“You have one body; good or bad, you are stuck in it,” ensuring it is fit and healthy should be taken seriously – Give every workout your all.

Learn or restarting a sport provides an alternative way of staying healthy and fit on days where gym workouts simply don’t cut it. Playing sport allows you to meet people and socialise whilst being active.

It will strengthen your heart muscles. This will in turn improve your resting heart and pumping efficiency. This will be key staying healthy and keeping heart disease and malfunctions at bay, long time.